Improvement in vaginal syringes



A, M. -YE.

Improvementin Vaginal-Syringes.

Witnesses the machine is in use.

UNITED STATES ALEXANDER ll/I.` DYE, OF ELKHART CITY, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN VAGINAL SVRlNvGE-S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 126,791, dated May 14,1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ALEXANDER M. DYE, of

. Elkhart Gity, in the county of Logan and in act description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters ofreference marked thereon making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a combined vaginal syringe, digital, and insufliator, which can beused for liquids, powders, or gaseous substances used as anaesth etics,as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation,referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a side view, and Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section ofmy combined instrument.

A A represent two rubber blades made concave, as shown, and hingedtogether at a, so that when closed they will form a tube of suit ablelength closed at the outer end. From the base or the hin ge point ofeach blade extends a handle, B, said handles being made to it a rubberbulb, C, which is insertedbetween them, and by its pressure holds theblades closed. From this bulb G a nozzle, D, extends up a suitabledistance between the bladesAA, and passes through a cup or socket,E,attached in the concavity of one of the blades. The extreme end of thenozzle may be provided with screw-threads and a nut placed on the sameto prevent the bulb from Working out while It can readily be removedwhen necessary for cleaning or for other purposes. The inner sides ofthe blades may be lined with metal at the hin ges where the greateststrain will be, the hin ges being formed in said metal lining, and therivets passing through both the lining and the blades.

This instrument can be used for injecting either liquids or powderedsubstances, at the same time dilating the parts so as to get thesubstances used in contact with the largest portion ot'surface; and whenthe instrument is made perfect so that the blades form a perfect joint,it will be self-closing, and will absorb the substance back, and willnot allow it to come in contact with sound parts.

Many times it is more convenient and of greater utility to use powderedsubstances, and in this case the material need not enter the ball, butcan be placed in the concave portions ofthe blades and used byinsufiiation.

A sponge, G, placed in the blades and held by a pin or'hook, b, or thesocket E may be used as the receptacle for the materials to be injected,instead of having them enter the bulb of the syringe.

The instrument can also be used as a digital for the removal of foreignsubstances from the vagina or uterus, the suction assisting the removal,and the ball graduating the degree of force in all cases, which is veryessential, so as not to, in the least, produce any injury. Having thusfully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

The combination, in a vaginal syringe, of the two sections A B A B, eachmade of one piece, forming a tube with a closed end, and handles withthe bulb C, and nozzle D with or without socket E, all substantially asset forth.

In testimony' that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my handthis 2d day of December, 1871.

ALEX. M. DYE.

Witnesses n j HENRY ALsoP, WM. H. DAVIS.

